In today's Philadelphia Daily News there are two articles, just one page apart, that cast a light on present-day Republicans view of health care expansion to the uninsured. On p. 18 a Jeff Crouere (who seems to be host of a Louisiana-based program called Ringside Politica) is mainly concerned about Mittens making a third run for prez. Jeff doesn't like it because he sees Romney as "a moderate from the Northeast". But this paragraph casts light on what TPers think of any health care reform:
While he is for a secure border and opposed to amnesty [see, he's not as bad as a l"Democrat" Party member] he is the worst possible candidate to address the dangers of socialized medicine. As governor, Romney championed a Massachusetts version of gov ernment-operated health care. President Obama used Romney's plan as a model for thedisastrous Affordable Care Act that was foisted on the American people.
Meanwhile, on p. 17 the Daily News editorial staff point out that while some of the 500,000 people Corbett left without health care so he could follow the Republican governors collective hissy fit about Medicaid expansion would be covered under "Healthy PA":
It will require the state to essentially build a new managed-care system to administer the program, which has some [meaning all but the Republican faithful] worried that it will be inefficient and cumbersome. "Healthy PA" also will require many to pay premiums - though those won't kick in until January 2016.
Corbett wanted to include a requirement for a job search bcause, you know, anyone on Medicaid is just too lazy to look for a job. (He missed the info that 3/5 of people in the Medicaid expansion are already working on members of working households.
While you might be saying that Wolf will reverse this with a traditional (and much more cost effective---sorry about that, Jeff Crouere), I wouldn't put it past the Pa. state legislature (after Fox wins and perhaps Democrats retake the state senate and/or House) to hold a post-election session to make leg. approval of Medicaid changes (if that's possible with the Pa. state constitution).